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APP C TION ED 1,176,155. u A m FEB I3 m5 Patented Mar.v21,1916.

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THB CQLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON D c LLLLLLLL H.

HAIR NET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I3. |915. 1,176,155.

\\ wlw Wye lle-1% Suf/b vLILLII. MCGRATH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY,

` OIVCHICAGO', ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

HAIR-NET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Rial. 21, 1916.

Application led'February 13, 1915. Serial No. 8,121.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known thaty I, LILLin MCGR'ATH, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Nets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hair net of novel construction, which eifectively prevents disarrangement of the hair, and which cannot be easily distinguished'from the hair of the wearer. l

It has been observed that human hair is almost uniformly wavy, curly, or crimpy in some degree, and for this reason the usual hair net formed of straight strands of haii' V0r silk willnotperfectly adapt itself to the vcontour'of the coiffures and is capable of being readily detected.

My invention therefore contemplates the construction of a hair net composed of strands of hair, silk, or other suitable material, which are given a. substantially permanent crimp, curl or wave so that the meshes of the net can adequately adapt themselves to the hair of the coiffure, and the strands of the net are not readily distinguishable, owing to their similarity to the natural human hair. These and other features of my invention will be more particularly Set forth in connection with the following description and accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated and described a particular form of my invention.

In the drawings; Figure l shows an end portion of my improved hair net when the same is closed or folded; Fig. Qshows a View of the Same when it is in a partially. open position with the strands spread apart; Fig. 3 shows one method of embodying my invention in a hair net; Fig. 4 shows a portion of the hair net which has been treated in the manner shown in Fig. 3 when the same is closed or folded; and Fig. 5 shows the same hair net in a partially open position with the strands spread apart.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown my improved hair net 10 as comprising a plurality of interwoven strands 11, having theii` ends drawn together and knotted, or otherwise secured, as shown at 12. The net may be formed in any suitable manner from strands of hair, silk, or other suitable material, and after constructing the net, for

example, in the form shown in Fig. 2, the extremities 12 thereof are drawn apart until the net is elongated into a relatively narrow band. The net is then treated by any suitable means to introduce a series of crimps, curls or waves into the Strands of which it is composed. These waves, curls or crimps are indicated in the drawings by the elevations 13 and depressions ll succeeding each other longitudinally of each strand. In Some instances, especially whenvthe net is formed from strands of silk, it is preferable to weave a long strip or band of interwoven strands, which strip is crimped, curled or made wavy in one operation, and then cut up into sections of suitable length to form nets for the hair, after whichy 4the ends of said sections are knotted or otherwise' treated v to vmutually secure the ends of the sti-ands.

After the crimping operation the net will, upon being spread apart, have a general appearance similar to that shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated one method of -embodying' my invention in a hair net which consists in providing a cylinder 15 such, for instance, as a cardboard tube upon which the hair net is wound in order to impart to it the desired undulating appearance. The tab or ear 16 is cut from the tube 15 and the central portions 17 of the hair net engage therewith. The portions of the hair net on opposite sides of the central portion are then wound about the tube l5, as indicated at 171 and 172. After the hair net has remained in its wound condition upon the tube l5 for a sufliciently long time to permanently impart to it an undulatory form, it is unwound therefrom and then has an appearance substantially Such as shown in Fig. 4: before the strands are spread apart. When the strands are spread apart the hair net has substantially the appearance shown in Fig. 5, in which the central portion 17 is adapted to overlie the part of the hair of the wearer, and hence is not undulatory. The center of one side edge of the net, in this forni of my invention, is curved inwardly, as shown in Fig. 5, which central portion is adapted to be located at the front of the part of the hair with the projecting portions of each side thereof overlying the hair on opposite sides of the part.

It will be seen that a net for the hair constructed in accordance with this invention will closely resemble the natural human hair ofvarying amplitude and wavelengths into the strands of the net in order that "Various parts thereof WillY more perfectlyl match the hair lon -dilierent portions of the VWearerls head.

j It will he understood that my invention 'is `applicable to any formofzhairlnet,and that various changes` in form and method ,ofy formation may Vbe Vmade .Without departing from the spirit of my inventionas ,embodied in the appended claims.

' While in the claims heretoa-ttached IV-.have

lused theterm undulatory to -designatethe appearance, or form of ymy improved ihair net, yet itwill Vloe understoodthat such term -is usedgenerically land includes ;.a crimped, curled, waved or any other undulatory form ,Y or appearance.

-'I'cla'ilnz Y Y, Y ""1."A'"ne t for the hair comprising a pluf ral-ity of strands having artificial "undulations-resemblingthenatural undulations of n,human hair. v

"2'. A net for the hair composed of interwoven strands having artificial undulations resembling the Vnatural undulations of fhuman hair. Y f.

3. A net for the hair comprising inter- Wovenstrands, said strands havingarticial undulations;togresemble human hair. v

v 1. A e -rnet for lthe' lhair comprising intervvvoven, strands, .they .portions Voi" said strands .formingvthe transverse Ycentral portion-of vthe net being straight, andthe portions ofV said strandsgonopposite sides of said cen- ,tralfportion having artificial Iundulations tov .resemble the:` natural undulationsff of human :hair-k l A1In-,-testilfn@my my name. Y

Y LILLIE MQGRAYTH. .lYitnessem y .GEO. L. VVILKINsolsI,

4 HENRY/A.- PARKS.

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